Addiction & Recovery

Pre-sober, he would go drinking with employees. They would drive back to the parking lot and he would began cursing them out. Then he would throw rocks at them. Tommy recalls laughing at him because he was do drunk that he couldn't throw the rocks straight. The next morning, they would show up at work as if nothing happened the night before. Then, rinse and repeat.

His kids described life as a living hell.

One Friday after work, he told the guys that he wasn't going to the barS. Yes, barS. He didn't say why. He had just decided to stop drinking. At the same time, he stopped cursing. For 10 years, I never heard so much as a "hell" or "damn." out of the man's mouth. He also went to 6 o"clock mass every day until the day he died.

For some reason, Tommy also gave up drinking.


Congratulations on your journey.